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Dale's Wood

✦ Ancient woodland4 ha

📷 Tom Courtney · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

53.11710, -0.96122

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon, Robin +54 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon, Robin +54 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme, Common Feather-moss +77 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme, Common Feather-moss +77 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral +31 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral +31 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Southwell TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Southwell Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Robin Hood WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 645Cycling route

Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network

Route 645Cycling route

Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network

National Byway (Southwell Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route52 m

Named routeRef 645Length 52 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route114 m

Named routeRef 645Length 114 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.4 km

Named routeRef 645Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Intake Lanebridleway · 616 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 616 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

5,363 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,363 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants134 species

spring

2025

Pendulous Sedge · Crab Apple · Wavy Bitter-cress · Midland Hawthorn · Square-stalked St John's-wort +129

Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
Black BentAgrostis gigantea
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Water MintMentha aquatica
Grey AlderAlnus incana
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus
Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Black BryonyTamus communis
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis
AspenPopulus tremula
PignutConopodium majus
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
HollyIlex aquifolium
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
Crataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x mediaCrataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x media
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla
Common FrillwortFossombronia pusilla
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Velvet BentAgrostis canina
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Dog-roseRosa canina
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Corn MintMentha arvensis
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
BugleAjuga reptans
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
NipplewortLapsana communis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
HazelCorylus avellana
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Field MapleAcer campestre
White CloverTrifolium repens
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Red CampionSilene dioica
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Curled DockRumex crispus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
IvyHedera helix
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
ElderSambucus nigra
Wood MilletMilium effusum
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Remote SedgeCarex remota
DandelionTaraxacum
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Plicate Sweet-grassGlyceria notata
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
CleaversGalium aparine
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
SanicleSanicula europaea
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,363 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants134 species

spring

2025

Pendulous Sedge · Crab Apple · Wavy Bitter-cress · Midland Hawthorn · Square-stalked St John's-wort +129

Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
Black BentAgrostis gigantea
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Water MintMentha aquatica
Grey AlderAlnus incana
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus
Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Black BryonyTamus communis
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis
AspenPopulus tremula
PignutConopodium majus
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
HollyIlex aquifolium
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
Crataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x mediaCrataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x media
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla
Common FrillwortFossombronia pusilla
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Velvet BentAgrostis canina
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Dog-roseRosa canina
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Corn MintMentha arvensis
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
BugleAjuga reptans
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
NipplewortLapsana communis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
HazelCorylus avellana
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
Field MapleAcer campestre
White CloverTrifolium repens
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Red CampionSilene dioica
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Curled DockRumex crispus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
IvyHedera helix
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
ElderSambucus nigra
Wood MilletMilium effusum
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Remote SedgeCarex remota
DandelionTaraxacum
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Plicate Sweet-grassGlyceria notata
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
CleaversGalium aparine
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
SanicleSanicula europaea
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius